Their last names weren’t given in accordance with German privacy rules.

In 2013 and 2014, they provided the group with 7,500 boots and 6,000 jackets and other goods worth 130,000 euros, procured through B.’s army-surplus company in Amstetten and in a delivery organized by El-R. — who also provided five ambulances.

Ahrar al-Sham is Syria’s most powerful non-jihadist rebel group, with a commanding presence in Idlib and Aleppo provinces.

It espouses a hardline Islamist ideology and works closely with former al-Qaida affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front.